Three Cook County Jail divisions will close as part of a strategic plan to reduce operational costs and more efficiently house and care for individuals in custody within County custody, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, the primary female...
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Substitute Teacher Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault
A substitute teacher at La Grange Highlands Elementary School has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Jan. 25 Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded...
Cook County Jail Individuals in Custody Isolated Due to Flu-like Symptoms
Three living units at the Cook County Jail are under isolation and a fourth is under heightened surveillance after individual in custody there began showing flu-like symptoms, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Individuals in custody in the following...
Sheriff Dart and NAMI Chicago Condemn Gov. Rauner’s Inaction as Vulnerable Communities Lose Access to Critical Social Services
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago today denounced the shameful inaction of Gov. Rauner as Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) was forced to lay off 750 employees and shut down 30 social service...
DCFS Partners with Sheriff Dart to Rescue At-risk Runaways
The Illinois Department of Children & Family Services is joining forces with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in a landmark mission to locate and save runaway state wards, who are particularly vulnerable to crime and trafficking. As part of a two-year pilot...
Broadview Man Arrested for Involuntary Sexual Servitude of a Minor
A 26-year-old man has been charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor after the Cook County Sheriff’s Vice Unit arrested him during an undercover operation, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. James R. Taylor, of Broadview, was arrested Jan. 8 in the western...
Sheriff Dart Seeks Public’s Help in Locating Missing Des Plaines Man
Update: Thursday, December 31, 2015 - William Anderson was located this afternoon by Morton Grove Police at a motel in the 9100 block of Waukegan Road. He appeared to be in good condition. He was taken to an area hospital for an evaluation. Sheriff Dart would like...
A Year in Review: Unjust Incarceration by the Numbers
In March 2015, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced a campaign to take on the system that actively facilitates the unjust incarceration of the mentally ill and poor in Cook County. He implored the public and criminal justice stakeholders to imagine the reality...
Arrests Made in Harvey Forest Preserve Murder
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation has led to the arrest of two men in the murder of a man found shot to death on the western edge of the Kickapoo Meadows, a Cook County Forest Preserve near Harvey, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 2...
Correctional Officer Comes to Injured Pedestrian’s Aid
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s correctional officer came to the aid of an injured pedestrian in Skokie last week. At approximately 5:35 p.m. on Dec. 9, Officer Wade Wicker, who works in DOC, was alerted to a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle in the 5400...